# John Fishwick > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Fishwick > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Fishwick.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fishwick > Source revision: 1349986159 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{about||the Virginia attorney|John P. Fishwick Jr.|the bus company in England|John Fishwick & Sons}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John P. Fishwick | image = | birth_name = John Palmer Fishwick | birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|09|29}} | birth_place = [Roanoke, Virginia](/source/Roanoke%2C_Virginia), U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|08|9|1916|09|29|mf=y}} | state = [Virginia](/source/Virginia) | children = [John P. Fishwick, Jr.](/source/John_P._Fishwick%2C_Jr.) | alma_mater = [Roanoke College](/source/Roanoke_College) ([B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) ([J.D.](/source/Juris_Doctor)) | occupation = [Attorney](/source/Lawyer), [Businessperson](/source/Businessperson) | party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) | spouse = Blair Wiley | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) | service_years = 1942–1945 | rank = [Lieutenant Commander](/source/Lieutenant_Commander) | commands = | battles = | awards = }} '''John Palmer Fishwick''' (September 29, 1916 – August 9, 2010) was an American railroad executive and chief executive of [Norfolk and Western Railway](/source/Norfolk_and_Western_Railway).{{cite news|author=Jad Mouawad |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/business/19fishwick.html |title=John Fishwick, 93, Paved Way for Norfolk Southern - The New York Times |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date= 19 August 2010|accessdate=2020-07-09}}{{cite web |url=http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/256456 |title=John P. Fishwick: Norfolk & Western president kept railroad alive in Roanoke - Roanoke.com |accessdate=2010-08-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120908130035/http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/256456 |archivedate=2012-09-08 }} Born in [Roanoke, Virginia](/source/Roanoke%2C_Virginia), John was a graduate of Jefferson High School in downtown. He was one of four children, having two sisters and one brother, noted literary scholar and author, [Marshall Fishwick](/source/Marshall_Fishwick). Fishwick attended [Roanoke College](/source/Roanoke_College), where he was a member of [Kappa Alpha Order](/source/Kappa_Alpha_Order) and served as editor of the College's newspaper. He graduated in 1937 with a major in English and a minor in [economics](/source/economics). Fishwick furthered his education at [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School), graduating in 1940. After completing law school he worked as an associate with [Cravath, Swaine & Moore](/source/Cravath%2C_Swaine_%26_Moore) before joining the Navy in 1942. Fishwick left the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) as a [lieutenant commander](/source/lieutenant_commander). After [World War II](/source/World_War_II) he joined Norfolk and Western in November 1945 and worked as assistant to the general counsel. In 1947, he was promoted to assistant general solicitor, and in 1951 he was promoted to assistant general counsel. In 1954, he was promoted yet again, this time to general solicitor. He served as general counsel until his promotion to chief executive in 1970. He served as chief executive of Norfolk and Western from 1970 to 1981,{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/21/AR2010082102554.html |title=John P. Fishwick, Harrison 'Buzz' Price, Frank Ryan die |work=Washingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2020-07-09}} playing a key role in the merger with [Southern Railway](/source/Southern_Railway_(U.S.)) that formed [Norfolk Southern Railway](/source/Norfolk_Southern_Railway). Following his retirement, he was a partner at [Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf](/source/Windels_Marx_Lane_%26_Mittendorf) until 1986. Fishwick's wife, Blair, was a fellow Roanoke College graduate. They had three children together and she was a well known artist in the Roanoke area. She died in June, 1987. Mr. Fishwick married Doreen Hamilton in 1989. Fishwick's son, [John Fishwick, Jr.](/source/John_P._Fishwick%2C_Jr.), served as U.S. Attorney and is a practicing lawyer in Roanoke. On July 16, 2018 the Roanoke City School Board announced that [Stonewall Jackson Middle School](/source/Northside_Middle_School_(Roanoke%2C_Virginia)) in Roanoke, VA would be renamed John P. Fishwick Middle School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/School-board-makes-final-decision-to-change-name-of-middle-school-488263161.html|title=School board makes final decision to change name of middle school|first=Haley|last=Williams|website=wdbj7.com|date=16 July 2018 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150716150425/http://www.salemmuseum.org/guide_archives/HSV4N3.aspx History of Salem, Virginia] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fishwick, John}} Category:1916 births Category:2010 deaths Category:People from Roanoke, Virginia Category:Military personnel from Virginia Category:Businesspeople from Virginia Category:Roanoke College alumni Category:Harvard Law School alumni Category:Cravath, Swaine & Moore associates Category:American chief executives Category:20th-century American business executives in rail transportation {{US-business-bio-1910s-stub}} {{US-CEO-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [John Fishwick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fishwick) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fishwick?action=history)). 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